Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious world is an exploration of the weird, the strange, the unusual, and the fascinating phenomena in the physical world around us—and beyond—from a Catholic perspective. Join Jimmy Akin and his co-host Domenico Bettinelli as they examine ancient mysteries, folk tales, urban legends, and miraculous stories with a methodical, logical, well-reasoned but not entirely skeptical eye.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 78 minutes
- Episodes
- 310
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Countdown to Pearl Harbor? (FDR, Advance Knowledge)
MYS184: As we recall the 80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss allegations that the US had advance warning of the Japanese attack or even that President Roosevelt pr…
01:12:16 |
Fri 10 Dec 2021
Apocalyptic Polygamy, Bell Witch, Troy, Lying, Sports in Heaven, Resurrected Kidneys, and More Patron Questions
MYS183: We regularly give Patrons the opportunity to ask Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli their mysterious questions and make them available exclusively to Patrons first and then later to the whole audi…
01:37:05 |
Fri 03 Dec 2021
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Time Travel Murder, Jesus’ Y Chromosome, Two Popes? & More Weird Questions
MYS182: It’s the day after Thanksgiving, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin more weird questions from listeners, including whether Indy would have died opening the Ark;…
00:47:43 |
Fri 26 Nov 2021
D.B. Cooper: The Hijacker Who Got Away
MYS181: Fifty years ago, Dan Cooper boarded a short flight to Seattle and then hijacked the plane. After getting $200,000 in ransom, he parachuted out of the plane, never to be seen again. Jimmy Akin…
01:37:14 |
Fri 19 Nov 2021
Life on Mars (Martian Life, Alien Life, Extraterrestrials, Exobiology)
MYS180: For centuries, people have wondered whether there is life on Mars and NASA’s 1970s-era rovers seemed to prove there was, but then doubts arose. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at whether t…
01:31:19 |
Fri 12 Nov 2021
Canals on Mars? (Martian Life, Alien Life, Extraterrestrials, Exobiology)
MYS179: After 19th-century astronomers said Mars has a worldwide network of canals, people speculated there was not just life but a civilization there. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore whether t…
01:27:47 |
Fri 05 Nov 2021
Superhero Guardian Angels, Ark of the Covenant, Judas in Hell & More Weird Questions
MYS178: It’s a fifth Friday so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin more weird questions from listeners, including what guardian angels would do for superheroes; where the Ark of …
00:59:34 |
Fri 29 Oct 2021
Edwin May, Psychic Spying (Remote Viewing, Star Gate Program, Stargate) – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World
MYS177: Dr. Edwin May worked on the US gov’t Star Gate Program, which involved a psychic power known as Remote Viewing, eventually becoming head of the project until its end. Jimmy Akin talks to Dr. …
02:00:03 |
Fri 22 Oct 2021
The Great Flood & Science (Noah’s Ark, Rainbows, Genesis)
MYS176: What does the scientific and historical evidence say about the Great Flood in Genesis? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss whether there was a worldwide Flood, whether Noah was a historical…
01:40:47 |
Fri 15 Oct 2021
The Bible and the Great Flood (Noah’s Ark, Rainbows, Genesis, Faith)
MYS175: Genesis records that God sent the Great Flood to wipe out mankind because of sinfulness, but that he preserved Noah, his family, and pairs of every animal in an ark. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettin…
01:20:37 |
Fri 08 Oct 2021
The Greenbrier Ghost! (Ghost Trial, Zona Heaster Shue, Edward Shue)
MYS174: In 1897, a West Virginia woman was murdered, but then her ghost revealed to her mother from beyond the grave what really happened. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss how her murderer was p…
01:15:41 |
Fri 01 Oct 2021
Jimmy and Dom Test Their Psychic Powers?
MYS173: For thousands of years, people have claimed supernatural or natural psychic powers. But do they really exist? What happens when parapsychologists test them? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli take…
00:56:10 |
Fri 24 Sep 2021
The 9/11 Conspiracy (Inside job?; 9/11 truth; September 11 attacks)
MYS172: The 9/11 attacks were the deadliest terror attack in US history, but were bin Laden and Al-Qa’eda really responsible? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at claims that other nations were invo…
01:34:28 |
Fri 17 Sep 2021
The 9/11 Attacks (Conspiracy? 911 truth; September 11 attacks)
MYS171: On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the main alternate theories about what happened on that terrible day, including whether it was really planes…
01:37:08 |
Fri 10 Sep 2021
Neanderthal, Jesus’ Hidden Years, Terminal Lucidity, Owlman, Yoga, Astral Projection, and More Patron Questions
MYS170: We regularly give Patrons the opportunity to ask Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli their mysterious questions and make them available exclusively to Patrons first and then later to the whole audi…
01:26:33 |
Fri 03 Sep 2021
Paul Amadeus Dienach: The Man Who Saw A.D. 3906? (Mental Time Travel into the Future?)
MYS169: The diary of Swiss teacher Paul Amadeus Dienach claims he traveled to the year A.D. 3906 and experienced a world of wonder. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore who Dienach was, what he clai…
01:28:48 |
Fri 27 Aug 2021
Were the Son of Sam Killings a Conspiracy? (David Berkowitz, True Crime, Serial Killer)
MYS168: Forty-four years ago this month, David Berkowitz was arrested and confessed to the Son of Sam shootings. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine whether he acted alone and what role satanism ma…
01:43:04 |
Fri 20 Aug 2021
Son of Sam (David Berkowitz, True Crime, Serial Killer)
MYS167: A terrifying series of killings in NYC in 1976 included letters to police from the killer calling himself “Son of Sam”. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what happened, how David Berkowit…
01:06:12 |
Fri 13 Aug 2021
The Exodus! (Did It Happen?)
MYS166: The Bible records the story of Moses and Exodus, the foundational event in the Jewish faith, but some skeptics say it never happened. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the evidence to det…
01:18:00 |
Fri 06 Aug 2021
Transporters & Sacraments? Frozen Embryo Guardian Angels? Human-Animal Hybrids? & More Weird Questions!
MYS165: It’s a fifth Friday so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin more weird questions from listeners, including would I need to be re-baptized after going through a transporter…
00:47:33 |
Fri 30 Jul 2021
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